Wheat temperer



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7 E. J. COMPTON WHEAT TEMPERER Filed May 5, 1.922

JUEN T17)? Patented Dec. 25, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD JOHN COMPTON, OF KAZUBAZUA, QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRDTO ANDREW 'PRITOHARD AND ONE-THIRD TO JOSEPH NOEL, BOTH 0F KAZUBAZUA,

QUEBEC, CANADA.

VIHEAT TEMPEBER.

Application filed May 5,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI EDWARD JOHN COMP- TON, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Kazubazua, in the Province of Quebec and Dominionof Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVheatTemperers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in wheat temperers, and theobjects of the invention are to provide a simply constructed device ofthis class whereby wheat is conditioned into perfect form for milling.

Further objects are to improve and simplify the construction to betteradapt the several parts to adequately perform the various functionsrequired of them.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consistsessentially of a double drum provided with a conveyor means for dampingthe wheat before entering the drum, and means between the drums fordrying the wheat in the inner drum.

. Referring to the drawings, in which like characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in each figure and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section,

Figure 3 is an end view, in section.

In the drawings:

A is the device as a whole comprising an outer drum 10 and an innerdrum'll suit ably secured at their ends to an inter-post ring '12 bybolts or other suitable means. This drum is constructed to stand boilerpressure and is suitably mounted on standards 13.

Mounted on the driving shaft 1% in the inner drum 11 is a screw conveyor15 driven by the pulley 16 mounted on one end of said shaft outside thedrum. The other end of the drum is provided with a central opening andhas secured to the outside a hopper 17 into which the wheat is fed andin which the wheat is damped. The shaft 1 1 with screw conveyor 15extends through this hopper.

18 is a discharge hopper similarly constructed to the hopper 17, but onthe other end of the drum 11. 19 is the space between the hoppers 17 and18 into which steam or heat in any other form is injected, preferably ashere shown, however, steam, and

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through the pipe 20 to be discharged subsequently throughthe pipe 21.

bran being softened, comes off the berry in large flakes andconsequently is not reduced to powder, so that the particles remain, tobe removed subsequently by the sifters without mixing with the flourstocks.

As many changes could be made in the aboveconstruction and many widelydifferent embodiments of my invention within the scope of the claim,constructed without departing fromith'e spirit or scope thereof, it isintended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification anddrawings shall be interpreted as illustrative'and not in a limitingsense.

What I claim as my invention is:

A drum formed with an inner casing and an outer casing in spacedrelationship to the inner casing, supporting standards formed integralwith the drum, openings in the end of the drum registering with theinner casing, a damping hopper at one end and a discharge hopper at theopposite end of the drum and a concentric ring and packing means betweenthe hopper and the drum ends designed to form a watertight joint, ashaft journalled in said hoppers and extending through the inner casing,screw conveyor means on said shaft and driving pulley means carried bythe shaft and steam intake and discharge means for the outer casing.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of awitness.

EDWARD JOHN COMPTON.

Witness:

W. T. CUFF QUIN.

